Noam Chomsky is the Source of All Things Cool

[i snatched this from Jasmine}

"The point of public relations slogans like "Support our troops" is that they don't mean anything... That's the whole point of good propaganda. You want to create a slogan that nobody's going to be against, and everybody's going to be for. Nobody knows what it means, because it doesn't mean anything. Its crucial value is that it diverts your attention from a question that does mean something: Do you support our policy? That's the one you're not allowed to talk about."
Noam Chomsky

It's Not About Converting Those Heathens Either

"Our understanding of relief ministries is that anytime you give a cup of cold water in the name of Jesus you've shared God's love in a real physical way. That also raises the question as to why you did that. When people ask you, you explain that it's because of the love of God that has been poured out into my life and I have a deep desire that you know that same love as well."

This reminds me of the hidden track on Living In Clip (ani difranco), in which they are talking about being mortified by these born-again Christians at an open mike who sang a song about "Did Anne Frank find Jesus?"

It's people like this who give Christianity a bad name.